The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
New Publications.

Memories of the Men Who Saved the Union"
by Dom Piatt. is collection of biographical
and character sketches of Abraham Lincoln,
Edwin NJ Stanton, Solomon P. Chase William
H. Seward and Major general George a.
Thomas. An appendix contains some r4sscellan-
eous essays on war topics. Dom Piatt is
brilliant writer, and these sketches are written
in a style that interests and entertains. The
author is nothing if not aggressive. and some
parts of the work will doubtless provoke discus
sion New York: Bedford, Clarke & Co. Indian
apolis: The Bowen Merrill Company.
A work of interest in these times of natural
gas excitement is the Geological Survey OF
Ohio. Preliminary Report Upon Petroleum and
Inf1ammable Cas- by Edward Orion, State
Geologist The work was first published in
1886 aud a first edition exhausted. To meet the
popular demand a second is now issued. 1t is
educational IN aim and character. and under
takes to give sound and conservative geological
answers to many Of the questions that people
are SO earnestly asking at the present time.
Oplun bus, o: A. II. Smythe. Indianapolis
The Bowen-M Merrill Company.
IA Club of One. Passages from the Note
book of man who might have been sociable,
with marginal summary by the editor" is the
somewhat fanciful title of collection of essays
purporting to have been found In the drawer Of
one who was "a reader and thinker, and, though
an invalid, could not be idle The essays are on
familiar topics social, literary and current.
They contain the requisite amount of humor,
egotism. introspectlon and shrewd observation
to constitute good ESSAYS and pleasant reading.
Boston: Houghton, Miff1in & Go. Indianapolis:
The Bowen Merrill Company.
Memoir of Charles Reade," compiled by
Charles L. Reade and Rev. Compton Reade, is
an interesting biography of one of the most
hall - az a.
excelled as dramatist. novelist and journalist.
This memoir is complied chiefly from his literary
remains, and contains some Of his unpublished
manuscripts, fragments of his correspondence,
and numerous extracts from his diaries. Besides
these. the continuous sketch OF his life is COM
plete and interesting New York: Harper &
Brothers. India napolis: The Bowen Merrill
Company.
'Daffodils" is the appropriate title Of a collec-
ton of fresh and beautiful poems by Mrs. A. D.
T. Whitney. The poems are tender, musical
and full of earnest thought They are published
in dainty volume by Houghton, Mifan ~ Co..
of Boston. and sold by The Bowen Merrill Com
pany, Indianapolis.
NEW NOVELS.
"Sabrina Zembra" by William Black, au-
thor of ga Princess of Thule" etc. New York:
Harper & Bros. indianapolis: The Bowen
Merrill Company Cloth 81. 90
1.-THE Woodlanders," novel by Thomas
Hardy, author of IA Laodicean," etc. New
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| Bowen-Merrll Company.
'The Feud Of Oakfeld Creek" novel of Cali
| fornia life, by Josiah Royce Boston: Houghton,
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Company. Cloth; $l.25
king Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Hag-
gard, author of ''She.r Jess" etc. New York:
| Harper & Bros. Indianapolis: The Bowen Mer-
rill Company.